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                    <td width="59%"><strong>Hydea - 
                  CULTURAL  HERITAGE, ENGINEERING &amp; INFRASTRUCTURE</strong></td>
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                <td align="left" class="normaltext" ><p>HYDEA  S.r.l. is a consulting firm specialized in planning and co-ordinating  multidisciplinary projects in Italy and overseas (developing countries in the  Middle East, Africa, South and Central America, Eastern and Central Europe) in  the fields of:</p>
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                    <li>Cultural heritage, architecture and urban planning,</li>
                    <li>Tourism development, assessment of investment opportunities in the  tourism sector</li>
                    <li>GIS and environmental sciences</li>
                    <li>engineering (hydraulic, civil and environmental engineering)</li>
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                  <div align="justify">HYDEA  has been providing public and private clients with Cultural Heritage expertise  since the time of its foundation in 1990. While at the outset the company’s  involvement in this sector directly stemmed from the many architectural  restoration projects of historic buildings conducted in Italy, it soon evolved  into an independent undertaking that culminated in 2003 with the creation of  the Cultural Heritage Department.<br />
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                    Nowadays,  the Cultural Heritage Department covers a wide range of projects and activities  including conservation of monuments and heritage sites, design work for the restoration  of historic buildings and studies for the revitalization of entire districts in  urban centers. Complementary areas of expertise include upgrading of museum  spaces and exhibit areas and the promotion of cultural tourism. Recently, the  CH Department has ventured into the vast field of cultural heritage assets  inventorying and cataloguing, including document collections and libraries.<br />
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                    We  take full advantage of the fact that the Company is headquartered in Florence,  thereby enabling us to tap the immense reservoir of know-how and resources in  Cultural Heritage available in this world heritage city, and in Italy in  general. As a result, HYDEA can rely on an impressive network of experts  providing specialized services in a wide range of disciplines related to  Cultural Heritage. Expertise on hand includes cultural heritage management  (tangible and intangible assets), heritage site upgrading, cultural heritage  economics, restoration of monumental assets, architectural planning,  archeological surveys, conservation and restoration of heritage assets, human  geography and ethnography, sociology, museum management, library and archive  sciences, cultural tourism.<br />
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                    In  addition to its involvement in Cultural Heritage projects in Italy, HYDEA has  also addressed cultural issues within the framework of development projects  overseas. As a matter of fact, international donors and lending agencies have  been paying increasing attention to cultural issues in developing countries, by  endorsing the principle that culture is an essential dimension of development  and can play a significant role in providing new economic opportunities to  local communities, strengthening social cohesion and complementing strategies  for human development on a sustainable basis. <br />
                    In  pursuing its mission, the Cultural Heritage Department collaborates with major  foreign and domestic institutions such as the Museum of Archaeology and  Anthropology of the University of Cambridge (UK) and the School of Architecture  at the University of Ferrara (Italy) among others. </div>
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                    <li>cultural heritage, architecture and urban planning,</li>
                    <li>tourism development, assessment of investment opportunities in the  tourism sector</li>
                    <li>GIS and environmental sciences</li>
                    <li>engineering (hydraulic, civil and environmental engineering)</li>
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                  <p align="justify">HYDEA  has been providing public and private clients with Cultural Heritage expertise  since the time of its foundation in 1990. While at the outset the company’s  involvement in this sector directly stemmed from the many architectural  restoration projects of historic buildings conducted in Italy, it soon evolved  into an independent undertaking that culminated in 2003 with the creation of  the Cultural Heritage Department.<br />
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                    Nowadays,  the Cultural Heritage Department covers a wide range of projects and activities  including conservation of monuments and heritage sites, design work for the restoration  of historic buildings and studies for the revitalization of entire districts in  urban centers. Complementary areas of expertise include upgrading of museum  spaces and exhibit areas and the promotion of cultural tourism. Recently, the  CH Department has ventured into the vast field of cultural heritage assets  inventorying and cataloguing, including document collections and libraries.<br />
  <br />
                    We  take full advantage of the fact that the Company is headquartered in Florence,  thereby enabling us to tap the immense reservoir of know-how and resources in  Cultural Heritage available in this world heritage city, and in Italy in  general. As a result, HYDEA can rely on an impressive network of experts  providing specialized services in a wide range of disciplines related to  Cultural Heritage. Expertise on hand includes cultural heritage management  (tangible and intangible assets), heritage site upgrading, cultural heritage  economics, restoration of monumental assets, architectural planning,  archeological surveys, conservation and restoration of heritage assets, human  geography and ethnography, sociology, museum management, library and archive  sciences, cultural tourism.<br />
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                    In  addition to its involvement in Cultural Heritage projects in Italy, HYDEA has  also addressed cultural issues within the framework of development projects  overseas. As a matter of fact, international donors and lending agencies have  been paying increasing attention to cultural issues in developing countries, by  endorsing the principle that culture is an essential dimension of development  and can play a significant role in providing new economic opportunities to  local communities, strengthening social cohesion and complementing strategies  for human development on a sustainable basis. <br />
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                    In  pursuing its mission, the Cultural Heritage Department collaborates with major  foreign and domestic institutions such as the Museum of Archaeology and  Anthropology of the University of Cambridge (UK) and the School of Architecture  at the University of Ferrara (Italy) among others.</p></td>
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